LONDON — What to do when a brand doesn’t have enough budget to lock down a popular star or top-tier influencer, or it wants to tap into China’s sizable two-dimensional anime, comic and game-loving ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A-Soul announced on May 10 that it will cancel the daily livestreams of Carol, a leading virtual ...

SHANGHAI, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (9988.HK), opens new tab has released a virtual idol promoting the 2022 Beijing Olympics, riding on a trend that has ...

China is moving to lock in rules for artificial intelligence that can talk, emote and behave in ways that resemble real ...

Virtual characters are real to Gen Z in China. Emotional connections are made, interactions are meaningful and there is very real personal investment in non-physical environments. Even birthdays are ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook LUCY, the first “hyper-real” virtual pop idol created by Tencent Music, officially debuted on Dec.

In June, Chinese pop-punk singer Wowkie Zhang released a music video where he encounters a virtual character in a hyper-colored, animated world that is reminiscent of Pixar films. The avatar, sporting ...